Brics Report: India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's huge mid-term victory in regional elections

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party won a landslide victory in the politically crucial northern state of Uttar Pradesh, giving the Indian leader a huge boost half way through his term.

 

World’s heaviest woman in India for life-saving surgery

Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty, who previously weighed around 500kg, had not left her house in Egypt in over two decades until arriving in Mumbai last month for bariatric surgery.

 

India launched most satellites in the world in a single launch

An Indian PSLV rocket launched from Sriharikota, India, carrying a gigantic haul of satellites into space. The mission was confirmed to be successful by the Indian Space Research Organization just after 12AM ET on February 15th. On top of the vehicle were up to 104 satellites — the largest crop of satellites to ever launch on a single rocket at once.

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